Tech scenes from the 2014 Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

With cyclocross season opening in early September, the Sea Otter Classic is an ideal place for manufacturers to launch new ’cross bikes. Raleigh, like many brands launched updated models last week, including two new carbon models. The new RXC Pro sports front and rear thru axles and increased mud clearance. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

The Strava van made the trip down to Sea Otter from its homebase in San Francisco. Strava employees set up short Segment Challenges around the festival, and athletes were able to upload rides on the solar-powered computers in the Mercedes Sprinter van. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Thule backpacks have taken hold in Apple stores, so the tech giant asked Thule if it would be interested in making iPhone cases. The result is Thule's new Atmos and Gauntlet cases. The Atmos cases here offer a bit more protection than the Gauntlet. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

The Atmos case (left) and the Gauntlet case should offer some competition for Otterbox. The Gauntlet is more of a simple snap-on case and provides little shock protection, and the Atmos case should be competitive with the Otterbox Symmetry case. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

The new $200 Thule Covert Camera bag is a Reddot Design Award winner in the camera category. The Covert offers storage for one camera body and two lenses in a removeable storage unit that's accessed from a side pocket. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

The Perspektiv Backpack has been Thule's flagship camera bag and offers quite a bit more camera storage, but lacks some of the auxilary storage of the new Covert bag. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Paris-Roubaix winner Nikki Terpstra rode a version of these Specialized tires made by Francois Marie, also known as FMB. They sport a Specialized tread with added puncture resistance on a supple FMB cotton casing. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

The Specialized S-Works Turbo tire has ridden a rollercoaster of success with the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team. In celebration of the team riding it to multiple world championships, Specialized is printing the rainbow stripes on the sidewall. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

The Yuk Sak has a pocket with a Silca Bead stash that absorbs the funky moisture from the Yuk Sak. The Yuk Sak is great for stashing smelly riding clothes in your backpack after a morning ride at Sea Otter. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Fouriers is a Taiwanese manufacturer that has been producing components for different brands for years. Now its own products are available in the US. These brakes are designed for the Giant Propel to offer Propel riders a firmer braking option. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

That's not an optical illusion, this Fourier bar has a concave shape at the grip, which Fourier refers to as Control Curve Technology. The bar is still in the prototype phase. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Barfly is looking to compete with K-Edge with its new Barfly Sli Fly. The Sli Fly allows riders to mount a Shimano or Campagnolo electronic control box under the Garmin head unit. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

The Barfly Hopper Saddle Bag is actually just straps that retain your items in a coffee bag. Pick your favorite coffee bag and cinch it under your saddle. Without needing to wrap around the seatpost, the Hopper Saddle bag is great for mountain bikers riding dropper posts. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Spy Optics is bringing its Happy Lens technology to the Screw cycling frame. Happy Lens technology is intended to bring out colors more vibrantly and actually help with seasonal depression in places that see lower amounts of sunlight. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

The Wahoo Fitness Rflkt head unit is powered by the Wahoo application on an iPhone. Users listening to music while riding can even change tracks through the head unit. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Tech scenes from Sea Otter Classic, Round 2

Continental is bringing two new 27.5-inch all-mountain tires to market this summer. The Baron and Der Kaiser were co-developed with the Atherton family of mountain bike extraordinaires. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Logan VonBokel

Equally at home on a mountain bike above treeline and chasing down moves in the heat and humidity of a Midwest criterium, Logan Vonbokel is something of an oddity in cycling. Since he first swung a leg over a road bike as a freshman in high school, Logan has been a lover of both cutting-edge technological innovations and the clean lines of classic handmade bikes. Logan joined the tech team in May 2012, bringing with him nearly a decade of high-caliber road racing experience and his undying love for the mud, cowbells, and culture of cyclocross. Logan still races at the Cat. 2 level on the road and in cyclocross, and carries a seldom-used Cat. 1 mountain bike license.